Re: 8086/88 80286 ||| 80386 80486 Pentium ...

[David Murn]

On Wed, 1 Mar 2000, Ken Yap wrote:

> For the definitive list of Linux distributions, go to
> lwn.net/bigpage.phtml There are a few tiny distributions listed there
> that may install and run in as little as 2 MB.

We used to run a very useful system (6 concurrent users) on 3.5mb, mainly
running mail clients and mud clients.

> The record holder may be Paul Gortmaker's 896kB on a 2.0 kernel. Because
> it could be done, as they say.

Also as another issue, ELKS will only address 640k of RAM will it not, in
which case you're better off getting a couple more 386 boards without RAM
and making multiple systems with the extra memory you've got.

Davey